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Being the Ncws of Each Day of the Week in Condensed Form Specially For the Busy Man and the Farmer
VOL. VI. NO. 26.
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Swallows Poison After Invitation
to Take Walk on Hot After
noon s Declined.
Because she believed her young
husband was more fond of going out
witn the boys than of going oul in
her company, Mrs. Mattle Craft, of
No. 47 Estoria street, is recovering
Monday in Grady Hospital from an
overdose of poisonous medicine.
“The husband, J. H. Craft, says that
the only reason he did not comply
with his wife’s wishes to go out with
her was that he considered the
weather too hot for outdoor excur
sions, but protests that if he had
known his wife's intent he would
have walked out barcheaded with her
during the hottest hour of Sunday.
Mrs. Craf: was brought to the hos
pital Sunday evening. Her husband
says that during the heat of the day
as sans collar and coat he was wield
ing a palm leaf fan in an effort to
keep cool, his wife asked him to dress
and go visiting with her.
He replied that he would rather try
to keep cool at home.
“Oh, 1 know,” she said, “you don't
care to go out with me. You are
willing enough to go out with the
boys, though.”
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taining a liquid. “Have a drink ?”
she asked.
He declined. ’
“Well, here's to you,” she said,
laughingly, as she swallowed the dose
and retired to her bedroom.
A few minutes later a neighbor en
tered the house, asking for Mrs. Craft.
“She’'s in her room,” said the hus
band.
“You'd better look after her,” said
the neighbor. “She had poison a few
minutes ago.”
Mrs. Craft, on being questioned,
admitted taking the overdose, declar
ing that she was tired of living.
She was hurried to the hospital,
where it is said she will recover.
&8 ATLANTA, GA., WEEK ENDING JUNE 16, 1914.
~ KEntered at the Atlanta Ga., Postoffice as Second Class Mail Matter.
IM’ADOO, HIS BRIDE AND
WILSON AT PRINCETON
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo and his bride, formerly
Eleanor Wilson, and President Wilson in white togs at the Prince
ton commencement Saturday, where the President went to attend
the reunion of his class, of '79.
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2 Ranchers Believed
Lost in Etuption of
California Volcano
RED BLUFF, CAL,, June i3—Search
ers left here to-day in an effort to find
trace of two ranchers who started up
the side of Mount Lassen shortly be
fore an eruption and never returned.
Fears were expressed to-day that they
had perished.
The men were Hiram Blodgett and
Hugh Addison. 7Two other members of
the party, L.ance Graham and Floyd
Dibble, were badly linjured. Dibble's
mind was believed 40 have been af
fected. Little hope was held out for
Grahams' recovery.
Great volumes of smoke and ashes
continued to come from the mouth of
the crater to-day. For the first time
since the crater became active recent
ly, two eruplions occurred to-day. The
continued eruptions, many believe, in
dicate that the tremendous energy is
actcumulating and a violent outburst is
momentarily expected.
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Rains Benefit Crops
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In Valdosta Section
VALDOSTA, June 15.—Good rains
which have fallen throughout this
section, though coming late, wili be
of immense benefit to crops of every
kind.
In some sections corn, cane, pota
toes and cantaloupes have been dam
aged greatly by the drouth and the
yields materially reduced. Possibly
the greatest good will be to corn,
which the farmers say will recuperate
wonderfuily. Cotton is thriving.
Smith Offers Bill
To Aid Veterans to
Postmasters’ Jobs
WASHINGTON, June 15.—1 n order
that Confederate veterans of Georgia
and other States may be eligible to
the civil service examiuations for
fourth class postmasiers, Senator
Hoke Smith to-day introduced a bill
to amend the postal and civil service
laws so that all persons honorabvly
discharged from the military or naval
service in the Civil War, either in
federal or Confederate army, shall bé
exempt from the age limitation of 65
years, provided they possess the busi
ness qualifications to the fourth class
postmasiers.
A similar amendment is pending In
the House, but Senator Smith hopes
to rush the passage of this bill so that
Georgia Confederate veterans may be
able to take the examinations which
begin in Georgia July 1.
Elephant in Prison
For Killing Keeper
TOLEDO, OHIO, June 15.—Babe, the
giant elephant in the Walbridge Park
zoo, was kept in solitary confinement
to-day following the fatal attack made
by it on its keeper, Michaex Raddatz, 50,
in view of more than a thousand per
sons. Many women and chitldren fainted
as the big animal crushed the keeper's
chest with its tusk. Raddatz died soon
afterward.
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Daniel’s Drink Idea
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Adopted in Norway
CHRISTIANIA, NORWAY, June 16.—
The Norwegian Parliament followed the
lead of Secretary of the Navy Daniels
and adopted a resolution ?rohiblt!n‘ the
consumption of intoxicating liquors by
officers of the Norwegian Army and
Navy during their terms of service.
Published Weekiy By
THE GEORGIAN COMPANY
20 E. Alabama-st., Atlanta, Ga.
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GRAYS, June 12,—Nick Wilbura
was hanged at 11:56 o'clock to-day
for the murder nf James King, the
husband of the wowman with whom ha
was. infatuated. He dicd manfully,
withent shedding a tear or uttering a
word of jrotest, Though he remainel
cn the trap for seven minutes, with
the black cap ¢rzwn tightly over hig
fance—minutes that geemed hours to
the spectutors—le never weakened,
but Lore the ovdeal with patient fortia
tude,
The delay wos caused by the fact
that after the last details were ar
ranged Shenil Charles Roberts did
no: appear. Ie was in the courthouse
adjoiving the jail #l.d had delegated
to Sheritf-elect- Robert Etheridge thea
authority of making all preparations
for the execution.
Saveral messengers were sent [or
the Shkeriff after ‘\ilburn had been
placed cn the geilows. Finally the
Sheriff came rushing in. Without
stapping, he zprung (he trap, and - Wii.
burr fell. ,ust as he was saying gool
bye to one of the deputies, who wa3
shakiag bis hand. Twenty-one min
utes elapsed before he was pronouncel
dead.
Kisses Father Farewell.
Although a heart-rending scene was
enacted in the death chamber just
before Wilburn was bound and led
his doom, he kept up his nerve, cry
ing only once, and that was when he
kissed his father farewell. His fa
ther, five brothers, two sisters and a
dozen friends; remained with him un
il the last minute. They were not
%@,flq,‘w{tncsa the execution,
U Wilburfi’ refused to see a Cathelic
priest who had called on him earlier
in the week. He told the Sheriff not
to allow the priest to be present. A
Baptist minister prayed with him and
whizpered words of encouragement
until the trap was sprung.
The only other request made by
Wilburn was that none of his enemies
nor anyvone connected with the prose
cution be permitted to see him die,
He never expressed any regret for his
crime, other than that he was sorry
he had brought such sorrow upon his
own relatives.
Although a tempting breakfast was
served him, Wilburn ate only a few
mouthfuls. During all of the morn
ing he sat on his bunk, speaking but
seldom, and fanning himself. He laid
aside a palmetto fan for the deputies
to bind him and offered no resistance
whatever. It was apprehended that
he would not submit without 2 strug
gle, and a half dozen stalwart depu-~
ties were present to overpower him.
Governor Refuses Respite.
Governor John M. Slaton this
morning refused to grant a respite or
otherwise interfere with the execu
tion, declaring that he could contem
plate no showing that counsel for
Wilburn could make to cause him to
interfere. The Governor is in Ath
ens attending the annual meeting of
the University of Gieorgia trustees. A
telegram to him from John R. Coop
er, of Macon, Wilburn’s attorney, was
sent to the Governor's office at the
Capitol shortly before 11 o'clock, and
was forwarded to him at Athens, Mr,
Cooper asked for a seven days’ respite
for Wilburn to permit the presenta
tion of additional matter to support a
new plea for a commutation of the
dealh senience.
Wilson Nominates
WASHINGTON, June 15.—Presi
dent Wilson to-day nominated
Charles S. Hamlin,of Boston,as Assist
ant Secretary of the Unlted States
Treasury and to be a member of the
Federal Reserve Board for two years;
Paul M. Warburg, of New York, for a
term of four years; Thomas D. Jones,
of Chicago, for a term of six years;
W. G. P. Harding, of Birmingham, for,
a term of eight years; A. C. Mlller,
of San Francisco, Assistant Secretary
of the Interior, for a term of ten
years.
President Wilson will not nominata
a governor of the board at this time.
He tendered membership on the board
to E. C. Simmons, of St. Louis, but
the latter declined.
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Sleeping Ballplayer
Slides Out of Window
ANNISTON, ALA., June 15—
Thinking he was sliding to third base,
Carl Wilson, an Anniston baseball
player, connected with the Talladega
team, slid out of a third-story win
dow at the latter place Sunday night
while asleep. He was slightly injured.